An artist on Monday called for a statue of a labor activist to be erected outside the House of Representatives to remind lawmakers about labor struggles.

Serang – Banten Governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah criticized the Remuneration Council, the tripartite body recommending the minimum wage every year, following a series of rallies demanding re

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) provincial administration has set the 2010 provincial minimum wage (UMP) at Rp 800,000 (about US$80), up from the current Rp 725,0

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The mushrooming labor unions have been left toothless as they have no strong network with the grassroots level nor political capital to fight for pro-labor

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Employers have tasked the government and labor unions with settling unresolved issues on contract hiring and high severance pay, in a bid to foster a frien

Arientha Primanita – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo has rejected calls from labor unions to boost the minimum wage for local workers.

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Despite claiming to have the most women worldwide employed in its ranks, the job of domestic worker is a marginalized one that offers its participants a life a

Camelia Pasandaran – Labour relations problems are holding back the growth of Indonesian industry, Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar said on Friday.

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – Underpaid female workers are turning to prostitution to make ends meet, union activists say.

Kudus – A group of at least 1,500 workers from cigarette companies in Kudus, Central Java, staged a protest Wednesday rejecting the new cigarette excise imposed by the government.

Anita Rachman – Indonesia will ratify the UN convention protecting migrant workers within two years, Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar announced on Tuesday.

The number of female employees and job seekers declined in the year to August 2009, the Central Statistics Agency's (BPS) Jakarta bureau announced Tuesday, at a rate not mirrored by mal

Adli and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Batam/Malang – Around 3,000 workers from 200 companies operating in Batam staged a protest Monday, urging the city's mayor to set their minimum wage equiv

Alan Boulton, the International Labor Organization (ILO) representative in Jakarta, will conclude his eight-year assignment in Indonesia on Nov. 30, 2009.

Jakarta – Troubled migrant workers have cried out against rampant extortion and sexual harassment at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on their return to Indonesia.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Thousands of workers staged a rally at the Central Java gubernatorial office on Thursday demanding that minimum wages in 2010 be raised to meet the cost of decent

Jakarta – The government should cease sending low-skilled labor abroad to prevent the continued abuse of Indonesian migrant workers by their employers, a coalition of civil society grou

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – Thousands of workers staged a rally in front the Central Java Gubernatorial Office in Semarang on Thursday, demanding the administration regulate th

Jakarta – Despite some progress in coping with the impacts of the global financial crisis, labor and social trends in the country this fiscal year will likely remain gloomy, the Interna

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – During the year ending September 2009, more than 1 million people have joined the state workers' insurance firm PT Jamsostek's list of non-active members as the i

Julia Zappei, Putrajaya – Indonesia's leader requested swift justice Thursday for maids allegedly abused while on the job in Malaysia – charges that have strained normally amicable rela

Jakarta – Twenty employees of a company distributing fashion accessories will file charges against their employer after he allegedly abused and took them hostage, their lawyer said Tues

Ismira Lutfia – Some 406 migrant workers were repatriated from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, with most complaining that they had not been paid by their employers.

Semarang – Thousands of workers took to the streets of Central Java's capital on Tuesday to protest a Rp 50,000 difference in the proposed minimum monthly wage.

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Labor unions in Tangerang, Banten, have rejected the remuneration council's decision to set the minimum cost of living in 2010 at Rp 1,170,000 per month.

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Nurfika Osman – Activists on Tuesday called for the government to pay more attention to the health needs of the country's migrant workers, saying most were not properly taken care of by

Jakarta – Labor rights activists urged the government to be more proactive in protecting Indonesian migrant workers that have fallen victim to abuse.

Jakarta – Indonesia expects remittances from its overseas workers to rise to around $10 billion next year as the global economy improves, the head of a state agency in charge of migrant

Bandung – Hundreds of workers rallied outside the West Java governor's office in Bandung on Thursday, demanding that the governor pressure municipal and regency administrations to raise

Markus Makur, Timika – Hundreds of employees at PT Freeport Indonesia refused to resume work Monday in protest at the deteriorating security situation on road from Timika to Tembagapura

Baban Gandapurnama, Bandung – Workers from the Preparatory Committee for the Indonesian Labour Movement Union (KP-PPBI) are demanding a minimum wage increase across all regions in 2010

Markus Makur, Timika – The wives and children of PT Freeport Indonesia employees rallied at the Mimika legislative council office in Papua on Thursday, demanding the giant US-based gold

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang – Contract teachers and employees in Malang regency, East Java, have demanded that Malang Regent Sujud Pribadi issue a decree to clarify their status as tea

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Anita Rachman – Nongovernmental organizations on Tuesday urged the incoming cabinet to establish a new policy protecting the rights of migrant workers and to ratify the UN's 1990 Migran

Achmad Faisal, Surabaya – Thousands of workers from the PT Maspion Group in Surabaya, Sidoarjo and Gresik, had their wage cut over the weekend after the East Java High Court won the cas

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – As well as displacing thousands of residents, last month's earthquake that devastated much of West Sumatra is likely to render many workers in the provinc

Palu – At least 2,443 of 20,000 workers in Palu, Central Sulawesi, are still not registered with state-owned worker insurance firm PT Jamsostek, according to data from the city's manpow

Jakarta – Indonesia has indefinitely suspended the traffic of domestic helpers to Kuwait due to concern over widespread abuse and exploitation by their employers, the labour ministry sa

Purbalingga – Half of all workers in Purbalingga regency in Central Java are not registered with the state social security company, PT Jamsostek, an executive said Wednesday.

Camelia Pasandaran – The government has allowed individuals and groups to exploit Indonesian migrant workers by failing to provide them the necessary legal protection, according to a no

Camelia Pasandaran – The number of Indonesian migrant workers infected with HIV/AIDS is increasing as a result of human trafficking and a lack of information provided by labor agencies

Batam – More than 1,000 workers staged a protest on Thursday at Batam mayor's office in Riau Islands province, against contract-based employment, which they said did not provide them wi

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – State worker insurance company PT Jamsostek announced Thursday it had registered 4,200 more companies in Jakarta as members during the first eight months of

Jakarta – Labor unionists criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's performance in the past five years, saying that the majority of workers have not experienced improved monthly m

Indonesia is renewing passports for maids making as little as 500 ringgit (about Rp 1.4 million or $144) per month, not the previously reported 600 ringgit, according to a Malaysian new

Ismira Lutfia – Union busting, low wages and outsourcing are just some of the many labor issues facing today's media workers, industry activists said earlier this week.

Nurfika Osman & Antara – The holy month of Ramadan has seen an increase in the number of illegal Indonesian workers deported from Malaysia, an official said on Sunday.

Janeman Latul & Teguh Prasetyo – An irate business community on Friday slammed a recently issued Manpower Ministry directive ordering firms to pay a one-month Idul Fitri holiday bon